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    What was the specific function of a "garderobe" in medieval European castles?

    Question #90515. Asked by BRY2K. (Dec 30 07 10:18 PM)


    guitargoddess

    		It was a toilet.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garderobe

    Dec 30 07, 10:28 PM
    zbeckabee

    		The Garderobe
    "Properly, not a latrine or privy but a small room or large cupboard, usually adjoining the chamber or solar and providing safe-keeping for valuable clothes and other possessions of price: cloth, jewels, spices, plate and money."

    --Frank Bottomley from
    The Castle Explorer's Guide


    http://www.awardrobeintime.com/garderobe/garderobe.html

    Dec 30 07, 10:32 PM

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